April is Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month! Find great books to recommend to students and/or to use in your lessons. This resource includes poetry books for our youngest readers, anthologies for teens, novels in verse for middle school and teens, as well as a list of websites to find poetry resources.

Enjoy the month!

Poetry Foundation

Poets.org

NCTE Notable Poetry Books 2021

Academy of American Poets

National Poetry Month San Antonio

National Youth Poet Laureate

The Pulitzer Prizes Poetry

Novels in Verse Middle School Collection

List of Young Adult Novels in Verse by Sarah Tregay

Book Riot - 100 Must-Read YA Books in Verse

Good Reads - YA Novels in Verse

Epic Reads - 31 Poetry Books & Novels Guaranteed to Take Your Breath Away

Bird, Elizabeth. “31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Children's Poetry.” A Fuse #8 Production, School Library Journal, 31 Dec. 2020, blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2020/12/16/31-days-31-lists-2020-childrens-poetry/.

Hacking, Jill. “14 Books in Verse You Need to Read ASAP.” Riveted, Simon Teen, 7 Apr. 2020, rivetedlit.com/2020/04/07/9-books-in-verse-you-need-to-read/.

Martin, Shea, et al. “8 Young Adult Novels in Verse That Brought Me Back to Life in 2020.” Electric Literature, 21 Dec. 2020, electricliterature.com/8-young-adult-novels-in-verse-that-brought-me-back-to-life-in-2020/.